Song

I Don't Want To Spoil The Party

Release date: 04 December 1964

I don't want to spoil the party so I'll go,
I would hate my disappointment to show.
There's nothing for me here,
So I will disappear,
if she turns up while I'm gone, please let me know.

I've had a drink or two and I don't care,
There's no fun in what I do if she's not there.
I wonder what went wrong,
I've waited far too long,
I think I'll take a walk and look for her.

Though tonight she's made me sad,
I still love her.
If I find her I'll be glad,
I still love her

I don't want to spoil the party so I'll go,
I would hate my disappointment to show.
There's nothing for me here,
So I will disappear,
If she turns up while I'm gone, please let me know.

Though tonight she's made me sad,
I still love her.
If I find her I'll be glad,
I still love her.

So I had a drink or two and I don't care,
There's no fun in what I do if she's not there.
I wonder what went wrong,
I've waited far too long,
I think I'll take a walk and look for her.

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
Song by the Beatles from the album Beatles for Sale
Released 4 December 1964
Recorded 29 September 1964
EMI Studios, London
Genre Beat, country
Length 2:33
Label Parlophone
PMC 1240 (mono)
PCS 3062 (stereo)
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Beatles for Sale track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "No Reply"
  2. "I'm a Loser"
  3. "Baby's in Black"
  4. "Rock and Roll Music"
  5. "I'll Follow the Sun"
  6. "Mr. Moonlight"
  7. "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!"
Side two
  1. "Eight Days a Week"
  2. "Words of Love"
  3. "Honey Don't"
  4. "Every Little Thing"
  5. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
  6. "What You're Doing"
  7. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

single cover
Single by The Beatles
A-side "Eight Days a Week"
Released 15 February 1965 (US only)
Label Capitol 5371 (US)
The Beatles singles chronology
"I Feel Fine"
(1964)
"Eight Days a Week" /
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
(US-1965)
"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It was released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in 1964. In the United States, Capitol released the song as the B-side of the single "Eight Days a Week", and later on the Beatles VI album, both in 1965. The single peaked at number one in the US; it was not released in the UK. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" charted as a B-side, reaching number thirty-nine on Billboard.

In the UK, "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" was also released on the Beatles for Sale (No. 2) EP.

©1964 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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